Where and how did the world's first car race take place?
The history of the first car racing is incredibly exciting and unusual. Modern people, accustomed to new-fashioned and high-speed vehicles, can hardly imagine that the car used to not only…

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DREG Racing: 530 km / h
So we got to the machines, whose purpose - driving only in a straight line, and the minimum turning radius can be tens of meters. Dragsters are adapted to "squeeze…

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Rally-raid "Silk Road 2009": Choosing the desert
From the spectacular picture it is difficult to imagine that the sand can be dangerous and cruel. But when mountains of small silicon particles reach the horizon, it becomes uneasy.…

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The story of the appearance of racing cars “Silver Arrows”

The situation was desperate. Before the start of the international race, “Eiffelrennen” remained quite a bit when the Rennlighter (manager, as we would say now) of the Mercedes-Benz team Alfred Neubauer heard that his cars weigh almost a whole kilogram more than the 750 kg limit. Continue reading

CLUTCH ENVIRONMENT
Is it possible to "on the fingers" explain how to drive, using the full 100% potential of tire adhesion to the road surface? Can! To do this, we represent the…

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Mazda MX-5 Open Race-2010, or as we defended the honor of Russia on the racetrack
Surprisingly, with all the diverse geography of business trips, I still have never been to Italy. Of course, this annoying gap would be eliminated sooner or later. But was it…

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